Improvement in plows



J. M. PAYNE.,

Plow.

Patented Jan. 1,1878.

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IMPRovEM ENTfIjN j Specification formingpart of Letters Iat'ent No. 198,902, :dated'January'L'1878i applicationfiled' January 13, 1877. HA f A M To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J osnPH M. PAYNE, of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Plows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figurel of the drawings is arepresentation of a side elevation of my plow attachment, and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detail views thereof.

Thisinvention relates to sulky-plows 54 and l it consists in certain improvements therein,

hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates a plow-beam; B, a standard, bolted thereto; and C, a plow carried by said standard.

I do not claim any novelty in the foregoing devices... i 1

D' designates the axle of the sulky attachment, which axle is journaled on said beam by a clip, E. Said clip consists of two plates, or of a plate bent to form two leaves, c el, which are curved in the middle 'to form a tubular space, c2, (shown in detail in Fig. 3,) for the reception of one end of said axle D.

Two U-shaped screw-threaded bolts, c3 e, are provided with nuts, and used to clamp plates or leaves e el to beam A.

To the other end of axle D I secure the lower end of an adjusting lever, F, which lower end is provided with a crankarm, F', at right angles to said lever F, but in the same vertical longitudinal plane therewith. Said crank-arm is provided with a rigidly-attached journal, f, oirwhich turns sulky-wheel Gr.

When adjusting-lever F is tipped forward, plow G and wheel G occupy an upright position. When said lever F is drawn backward, the operation of crank-arm F. causes said wheel Gr and plow C, with the parts attached, to incline sidewise. Said lever F may be locked at any point of such adjustment (thereby retaining the entire apparatus in the position desired) by means of a segmental plate, H', attached to the cross-bar H, which is rigidly secured to the plow-beam, and is provided with aV depending ear for journaling the crank-axle D, and with a' curvilinear series of perforations, h, arranged at regular intervals.

Lever F is provided with a pivoted catch, I, which is held by the operation of spring I in engagement with said perforated segmental plate H. A stud on the lower end of said catch passes through a perforation, g, in said lever, and enters any one of said holes hwhen brought opposite thereto.

J designates a small casterwheel or roller, which is attached to beam A, near the front end thereof, on the side opposite, to sulkywheel Gr.

This attachment is effected by means of a clip, K, similar to clipE, and provided with a vertical tubular passage, k, in which the shank VJ of said caster-roller J is adapted to slide Y vertically. The upper end of said shank is reduced to form a neck, j, and shoulder j. Said neck is screw-threaded, to receive :a nut, j?, on its upper end. On said neck, between said nut and shoulder, sits an arched slotted arm, L, formed on the lower end of a pivoted adjusting-lever, L. When said lever is rocked backward the pressure of arm L against the under side of nut j2 raises shank J' and roller 'J5 or, if the latter rests upon the ground, the

corresponding pressure of said lever upon its pivot lowers the front of beam Aand the point of plow G. Said lever L is pivoted to an upright bar or plate, M, which is attached to beam A by a clip, m.

M designates a segmental bar or plate,

made in one piece, with said upright bar M,

and provided with perforations m'. To said lever L is pivoted a catch, N, (similar to catch I,) and provided with a stud, n, which is forced by the operation of spring N into engagement with any one of said perforations m', thereby locking said lever L in any position desired. The pivotal attachment of said catches I and N to their respective levers may be made by means of lugs on the outside of the latter, or in any other convenient way. e

By means of lever L' and arched arm L, in combination with shank J and roller J, the point of plow C may be raised or lowered at will, to compensate for inequalities of the ground.

my. adjusting devices and sulky attachment are all secured' by clips, they may be applied to any ordinary plow-beam without remodeling or otherwise weakening the same. No bolt-holes are required. Caster-wheel J facilitates the turning of the plow.

The seat Z is attached to the cross-bar H by means of the connecting spring or baro'. The

cross-bar H is braced by means of bars or rods.v

(Not fully shown in the drawings.) The outer one or the brace rod, near `the wheel, extends forward, and is secured to the plow-beam, and the inner rod attached to afoot-platform, which, in connection with the outer bracing-rod, supports the same.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a one-wheel'plow, the combination of the v cross-bar H, having theratchet H', and being rigidly secured to the plowbeam,witn the bellerank lever F, carrying the wheel G upon its shorter arm, and the spindle-crank f, journaled to the cross-bar, substantially as described, and for'the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the abovel have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

v JOSEPH MOTT PAYNE.

Witnesses PAUL FURsT, PHILIP LrNDsLEY. 

